This was the tested string:jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://{your server name}.database.windows.net:1433;database={your_database_name};user={username}@{your server name};password={your_password_here};encrypt=true;hostNameInCertificate=*.database.windows.net;loginTimeout=30;

Here is a string for using Azure with SSL:jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://<server>.database.windows.net:1433/<databasename>;ssl=require

All of these settings will require the class of the SQL Server driver you are using:For these we used the jTDS SQL driver with a class setting of:net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver